3 May 1944 Part 3

3 May 1944 Part 3 Radio exercise Maikäfer: cover names including Naval Commandant Channel Islands

Date note: 3 May 1944.

Secret Command Matter. Annex 8 to Seventh Army Headquarters, Army Signals Commander/Ia No. 2375/44 Secret Command Matter, dated 3 May 1944.

Cover names in encrypted messages for radio command-post exercise “Maikäfer” [Cockchafer], valid 15–16 May 1944.

Tactical designation — cover name in radio messages (any of those listed may be used).

[Cover names are retained in German because they are identifiers, not descriptive prose. Indistinct readings are bracketed.]

Army Group B — Adele, Amsel, Armbrust.

Army Group B/Senior Quartermaster — Aderlass, Anton, Apfel.

Army Headquarters N — Botenfrau, Brummer, Bombe.

Army Headquarters N/Senior Quartermaster — Birkhahn, Bacher [reading uncertain], Bildhauer.

LXXXI Army Corps — Datum, Dortmund, Dotterblume.

LXXXI Army Corps/Quartermaster — Dromedar, Deich, Dorothea.

LXXXIV Army Corps — Ebreu [reading uncertain], Esel, Esche.

LXXXIV Army Corps/Quartermaster — Edeltraut, Emil, Eduard.

LXXIV Army Corps — Flaschenbier, Fischtran, Fritz.

LXXIV Army Corps/Quartermaster — Fackelzug, Fliegenpilz, Flieger.

XXV Army Corps — Gerhard, Germane, Glücksklee.

XXV Army Corps/Quartermaster — Gescher, Gebrock [readings uncertain], Geselle.

17th Luftwaffe Field Division — Hornhaut, Holunder, Huflattich.

711th Infantry Division — Hahnenfuss, Heimat, Habicht.

716th Infantry Division — Ida, Iltis, Igel.

12th SS Panzer Division — Isolde, Irma, Ilse.

352nd Infantry Division — Jeremias, Josef, Julius.

709th Infantry Division — Jähzorn, Jagdmesser, Jura.

243rd Infantry Division — Katalof [reading uncertain], Küste, Kalk.

21st Panzer Division — Kanal, Knallerbse, Klingel.

Special-Purpose Infantry Regiment 752 — Kaiser, Kaffeetasse, Kolleg.

319th Infantry Division — Kohlkopf, Kandis, Konditor.

77th Infantry Division — Ludwig, Leinwand, Lebkuchen.

266th Infantry Division — Lastwagen, Latte, Lotosblume.

Special-Purpose Divisional Headquarters 136 — Max, Maulwurf, Menage.

343rd Infantry Division — Malkasten, Mutter, Moritz.

353rd Infantry Division — Nordpol, Nager, Nagetier.

3rd Parachute Division — Otto, Oschatz, Olive.

265th Infantry Division — Omnibus, Omelett, Oder.

275th Infantry Division — Peter, Pater, Pimpf.

Commander, Nantes Defence Area — Paula, Papierkorb, Petroleum.

Commandant, Saint-Nazaire Fortress — Quartier, Quelle, Quader.

Commandant, Brest Fortress — Ragen [reading uncertain], Reseda, Robinson.

Commandant, Cherbourg Fortress — Ratskeller, Raubein, Rumpelkammer.

II Parachute Corps — Rudolf, Rechtsanwalt, Rippenfall.

II Air Corps — Rehbock, Rolf, Rüssel.

X Air Corps — Rätsel, Raden [reading uncertain], Rammler.

Ground Air Organisation Command — Saturn, Samenkorn, Sattel.

Air Commander West — Schnee, Schneider, Schirmherr.

13th Anti-Aircraft Division — Schreiber, Schellfisch, Schiff.

Commanding Admiral, Channel Coast — Strasse, Stellwerk, Sturmflut.

Commanding Admiral, Atlantic Coast — Strudel, Stecheisen, Stiefelknecht.

Naval Commandant Normandy — Theodor, Thier [reading uncertain], Tinte.

Naval Commandant Channel Islands — Tanz, Trauerspiel, Tobias.

Naval Commandant Brittany — Vormund, Verwandte, Vater.

Naval Commandant Loire — Weihnacht, Winter, Wilhelm.

91st Infantry Division — Pflaumenkuchen, Papagei, Paradies.

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1565. Roll 1565 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 29. Scan extracts: img052_08_19412_21917.jpg. Extract filenames identify the original image strip, section number and horizontal pixel boundaries; these are not archival frame numbers.